EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE1968-1975: Medical School, University of Vienna, Austria1975-1983: University of Vienna Medical School; Resident in Neuropathology1977-1978: Visiting associate; New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York1983: Habilitation (Neuropathology)1983-1999: Head of Research Group for Experimental Neuropathology in the Neurological Institute of the University of Vienna1990-1995: Head of the Research Unit for Experimental Neuropathology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences1993: a.o. University Professor (§31 UOG)1999: o. University Professor for Neuroimmunology and Head of the Department of Neuroimmunology at the Center for Brain Research in the University of Vienna / since 1992 Medical University of Vienna.1999-2007: Founding Director of the Center for Brain Research at the University of Vienna / Medical University of Vienna2003-2013: Member of the Senate of the Medical University of Vienna2007-2012: Vice Director of the Center for Brain Research of the Medical University of Vienna2005: Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences2009: Honorary Professor at the University College of London, UK2010: Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina2011: Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences